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War of the Melee Worlds

Chapter 1 – This Means War!

By Pelican (Pelican_13@yahoo.com)

05/24/2002

The Super Smash Brothers: Melee competition is seen in many countries and on many planets. The many worlds of Nintendo have sent their best and most heroic not to be acknowledged for their deeds but to fight, again. On one normal day we find a meeting of several political giants, each having one or more melee stars from their land in competition. The four were sitting in a rather sophisticated setting on one of the higher levels of a tower in Corneria City, watching the melee matches on a huge screen TV.

The host of the event was General Pepper. Like most Cornerians he is a humanoid dog. General Pepper could be considered the dictator of the Lylat system but that word carries a bad connotation. He had commanded the armies that defeated Andross's invasion and rebuild Corneria and the surrounding planets, allowing peace and prosperity to return to the Lylat system once again. Two fighters hail from the Lylat area, Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi. Both are mercenaries that helped defeat Andross. Officially, they do not fight under the symbol of Corneria but that of the Star Fox team.

The first guest was a melee star herself. She is Princess Peach Toadstool. Her rule extends over the Mushroom Kingdom, on a planet far away from their current location. The Mushroom's inhabitants look like short people with mushrooms on their heads. The Mushroom Kingdom is credited with sending the most fighters to Super Smash Brothers: Melee. They are Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Mario in his doctor attire. The Mushroom Kingdom maintains especially close tries with Yoshi's Island.

The next of the invited was also from a monarchy. His daughter fights in melee competition as a representative of Hyrule. He is simply the King of Hyrule; his daughter is Princess Zelda, a sage and the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom. Link, the Hero of Time and holder of the Triforce of Courage, is another representative of Hyrule. He uses two forms to fight, his regular self and himself in his body seven years ago. Another fighter under the symbol of the Triforce is Ganondorf, holder of the Triforce of Power and King of the Gerudos. Ganondorf's kingdom and the kingdom of Hyrule have an uneasy tension between them.

The last guest hailed from the planet of Ripple Star. She is a fairy, like all others from that planet. She is regarded as the queen and was the one to present Kirby with their medals of honor after Kirby thwarted an attempt to take over Ripple Star and the surrounding planets by Dark Matter by reuniting all the shards of the fairy emerald. She wears odd glasses that appear too large for her and commonly bounce around her face when she walks. The only representative of the Pop Star and Ripple Star solar system is Kirby.

General Pepper, the King of Hyrule, Peach, and the Queen of Ripple Star were sitting on a long leather couch facing the television. There was a match already being displayed but the four showed little interest. They were going to watch the next match together.

"Jigglypuff leads by one over Marth in this one on one, ten minute battle at Mute City. Only fifteen seconds remain," the commentator informed.

"Can Marth come back and win this?" another commentator asked.

Jigglypuff rolled on her side for a few moments and then suddenly bolted out and struck Marth, still curled up like a ball. Marth was sent flying off the side of the arena.

"Oh my gosh! Did you see that!?" the first commentator yelled.

"Marth's eliminated. Jigglypuff leads by three!" the second commentator stated.

"GAME!" an unseen announcer boomed over a PA system. "This game's winner is…"

The Pokémon victory music began to play. "Jigglypuff!"

"Our match is next," General Pepper announced.

"Ohhh, I can hardly stand the wait," Peach said.

"We'll be right back with Kirby and Fox versus Mario and Link right after this!" the commentator said as the picture faded out and was replaced with commercials.

"Anyone willing to put up a wager?" the King of Hyrule asked.

"Wait," the queen of Ripple Star cut in, "this is a gambling party?"

"Please don't tell me gambling is illegal here," the Hylian king responded.

"It isn't," General Pepper answered.

"Mario just better win," Peach said.

The two doors opened and a Cornerian entered. He was is dress attire and pushing a metal cart of some kind.

"Drinks anyone?" he asked. He pushed the cart towards the distinguished four, allowing them a look at the cooler loaded with several kinds of soda cans in ice.

"Just leave them here," Pepper instructed. The butler did as was told and walked away.

"Here comes the match!" Peach announced. The Melee logo appeared on the screen and a picture of a smaller model of Great Fox appeared on the screen. The Corneria City level was set up and the four fighters were awaiting teleportation.

"Do they fly anywhere near this building?" the King of Hyrule asked.

"We should be able to see them from that window." Pepper pointed to a large window on the other side of the room. It had a marvelous view of the city and the outlying area, being one of the highest buildings in the city.

"This is it folks, we've got a great two on two match coming in a few moments."

"That's right, Tim! In a short while it will be Fox and Kirby taking on Mario and Link, here in Corneria City!" another set of commentators announced.

"They're ready to start the match so let's go to arena-side."

The camera changed angles to a view of the side of the ship as it moved through the side. Four metal discs appeared with light omitting from the bottom. The four fighters appeared, Fox and Kirby on the left, and Link and Mario on the right. All fighters wore their normal outfits but knew which team they were on.

"GO!" the announcer boomed. The four fighters dropped from their metal discs and the match began. Two lives, medium item appearance

Kirby and Link charged towards the middle. Kirby acted first and ignited his body while moving forward. His body, now a ball aflame, struck Link and knocked him upwards. Mario fired a fireball in Kirby's direction. Kirby took the heat and was slightly set aflame, although this flame hurt. Fox began to get into the match and began rapidly firing his Blaster, which made many connections to the back of Link's head.

Back at the press box the four politicians have sat down and are watching the match with great interest. Mario impacted Kirby with a stationary fireball and smashed him to the left side of the arena, near Fox.

"Go Mario!" Peach cheered.

"Come on Kirby!" the queen of Ripple Star encouraged.

Kirby rose to his feet and Link ran forward. Link attempted to strike a blow with his sword but Kirby dodged the attack. Fox executed a Fox Illusion and swept Link off his feet. Kirby capitalized and connected with an upward smash attack. Mario entered the fray and took out Fox's feet with a running slide attack, knocking Fox over.

At the press box the four onlookers continued to cheer for their representatives. Soon the match evened out to all four fighters having one life and each in a very dangerous situation as far as their damage percentages go. Mario and Link had the high ground, the tail of ship, while Fox and Kirby held their position near the cockpit.

"We have this match in the bag," the king of Hyrule announced.

"How do you figure?" the queen of Ripple Star asked.

"The high ground is ours!"

"That's a disadvantage when fighting Fox," General Pepper stated.

Fox jumped and began firing his Blaster. Link took a couple of hits and Fox fell too low to get another shot in. Fox jumped again but Link raised his shield and blocked the two shots of light.

"Is that the best your boy can do?" the king of Hyrule asked.

An item box fell near Mario and Link. It rolled down the tail of the ship and broke open once the reached more level ground. Inside was a bob-omb and a Pokéball. Mario and Link ran forward to grab the two items. Fox opened fire with his Blaster and Kirby used his Final Cutter technique. Fox's laser blasts dealt more damage but Mario and Link jumped back to the tip of the tail with their items intact.

"It's almost over," Peach announced.

Mario and Link jumped twice and threw their items. Their parabolic trajectory was almost perfect and it looked like both would hit Fox and Kirby. Fox put up his Reflector while Kirby jumped right in front of the bob-omb! In the press box all gasped. Kirby reached his arms out and grabbed the bob-omb without it exploding. Mario's Pokéball flew past Kirby and hit Fox's Reflector. It bounced back towards the tail of the ship and opened.

"NO!" Peach and the king of Hyrule acted to Kirby grabbing the bomb.

The ball opened and Entei stood on the stage.

"NO!" Peach and the king of Hyrule said again once they saw a legendary Pokémon on the side of their opponents.

Entei used his Fire Spin, but Mario and Link were out of range to take any damage. Suddenly, out of the fire, Kirby jumped towards his two opponents and threw the bob-omb. The projectile hit Mario and the resulting explosion hit Link. Both flew so high they were eliminated.

"GAME!" the announcer proclaimed.

"NO! NO! NO!" the king of Hyrule was irate.

"Haha!" General Pepper said in victory, "We win!"

"That was cheap!" Peach accused.

"Yay, Kirby!" the queen of Ripple Star cheered.

"That was not fair!" the king of Hyrule voiced his opinion.

"You lost, fair and square," Pepper replied.

"You had to use a bom-omb," Peach retaliated.

"It was legal," the queen of Ripple Star stated.

"Link was the one to pick it up to begin with," General Pepper said.

"And Kirby grabbed it. Wasn't that a beautiful move?" the queen of Ripple Star asked.

"Without items we would have won!" Peach boldly stated.

"How do you figure?" General Pepper asked.

"We're better fighters," the king of Hyrule said with confidence.

"You know our Kirby beat you," said the queen of Ripple Star.

"Oh please," General Pepper replied, "We've fought in battles you wouldn't last ten minutes in!"

"Yeah, right!"

"I know I am!"

"Prove it then!"

"I will!"

"Fine, this means war!" declared the King of Hyrule.

"W-War?" asked the queen of Ripple Star.

"Oh look, she's afraid," Peach taunted.

"I'm not!" responded the queen of Ripple Star, "We declare war!"

"Well then," Peach answered, "So do we!"

Peach and the king of Hyrule stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind them. General Pepper and the queen of Ripple Star were left behind.

"What do we do?" the queen asked, a little unsure of herself.

"What do you expect?" the general returned, "We go to war!"